MMR Information Systems Enters Latino Market - Close-up Media
Robert H. Lorsch, Chairman and CEO of MMR Information Systems, Inc. (MMR), along with Hector V. Barreto, Chairman of The Latino Coalition and former Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, introduced Kodak as a new sponsor of The Latino Coalition (TLC) at its annual Economic Summit for Hispanic entrepreneurs that was held from May 4-5 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C.
In introducing Flavio Luiz Gomes, General Manager and Vice President, Latin America, and Inkjet Systems, Americas at Eastman Kodak Company, Lorsch said that Kodak and MMR will work together to introduce MMRPro, which includes Kodak's document imaging solutions, to physician groups and hospitals serving the Latino community. Also attending from Kodak was Brian K. Bagan, Director, Business Development, United States and Canada, Document Imaging, Kodak's Business Solutions and Services Group. MMR has been supporting The Latino Coalition for three years and in addition to Kodak shared sponsorship at this year's event with American Airlines, AT&T, HP, Intuit, MasterCard, Pfizer, Verizon and others to support Latino entrepreneurs seeking expanded business opportunities through contracts with the Federal Government and Fortune 500 companies.
Among the elected officials and political dignitaries who participated alongside national business executives at the two-day Summit were Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Karen Mills, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration; Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), Senator Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey), and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska); and Congress members Eric Cantor (R-Virginia), Mike Pence (R-Indiana), Pete Sessions (R-Texas), and Xavier Becerra (D-California). In remarks at a general session on Corporate Governance, Hector Barreto reminded the audience that the Latino community represents an estimated 50 million consumers with as much as one trillion dollars in annual purchasing power.
Newt Gingrich, who founded the Center for Health Transformation after serving as House Speaker, keynoted the opening session. Immediately prior to the session, Hector Barreto, who is also a member of the Board of Directors of MMR, and Bob Lorsch spent time with Gingrich updating him on the progress of MMR since he was last introduced to it two years ago. As a specialist in healthcare, Gingrich is interested in seeing that all Americans have access to relevant and valuable tools such as a personal health record to enhance care and lower costs.
Lorsch said, "The Company looks forward to working with Mr. Gingrich, Coalition Sponsors, and the House and Senate leaders who attended the Summit by demonstrating the ways MMR's products and services can empower patients to better manage their health, resulting in greater cost efficiencies and better outcomes."
"As a result of our relationship with MyMedicalRecords, we have the good fortune of welcoming Kodak as a Latino Coalition sponsor," said Barreto. "Kodak has created innovative document imaging solutions that along with MMR can help transform healthcare with secure, easy-to-use and bilingual professional and personal health record products for physicians and patients across the country."
Barreto, who is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of AltaMed, a Federally Qualified Community Health Center which has been granted stimulus funds under Hitech by the Department of Health and Human Services, said, "I would encourage physician groups and healthcare facilities that serve the Latino community, such as AltaMed, to utilize personal health record services to reduce costs and provide a more efficient standard of care."
"MMR's easy-to-use and ready-to-use healthcare products give Latino entrepreneurs a valuable tool for both motivating and enabling their employees to live healthier lives and therefore better control healthcare costs," said Lorsch. "We look forward to working further with The Latino Coalition to provide MMRPro to healthcare facilities and the MyMedicalRecords PHR to employers as a benefit for their employees."
MMR Information Systems, Inc., through its operating subsidiary, MyMedicalRecords, Inc. (MMR), provides secure online Personal Health Records (PHRs) and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions, serving consumers, healthcare professionals, employers, insurance companies, unions and professional organizations and affinity groups.
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